Fish Farming to Reduce Poverty in Nakaseke

7 November 2022, 10:10 am

Kiranda’s fish farm at Kiwembe Zone

Fish farmers in Nakaseke are striving hard to fight poverty through fish farming. Nakaseke Radio 90.2 FM reached out to Mr. Kiranda Samuel, a 40-year-old farmer in Kiwembe Zone, Nakaseke Town Council. Kiranda is a fish farmer with an experience of over 20 years, the knowledge he acquired from Egypt courtesy of sponsorship from the former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya. In his farm he mainly rears cat fish and tilapia. He tells us that his parent stock is 5,000 which was donated by Nakaseke District Local Government under the Emyoga Fund. He has so far managed to expand his farm to 12 ponds.

Kiranda says keeping fish is easy, not too difficult like rearing other animals. He earns between 14-15 million per pond every year. He feeds them three times a day and he  gets support from his family, especially the children. He is proud of his business because it is not labour intensive and he has managed to pay school fees for his children, feeding his family and meet the primary health care for his family. He advises farmers willing to venture into fish farming to always first get the training from experienced farmers.

By Balaba Peter